Paper board chest



April 20, 1948. w. G. ANDERSON, JR 3 I PAPER BOARD CHEST i Filed April 21; 194"? 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 A110 arms APEE '9, s. ANDERSON, JR 2,43'9359 PAPER BOARD GEES? Filed April 21, 11947 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Q I: F

. ATTBRNEY$ April 20, 1948.

w. G. ANDERSON, JR

PAPER BOARD CHEST 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 My 0M ATTORN aYs Filed April 21, 1947 April 20, 1948. w. ca. ANDERSON, JR 2,439, I

PAPER BOARD CHEST Filed April 21, 1947 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 'ficv. \NVENTOR Auuaksomdg Arrows Patented Apr. 20, 1948 J- I v is yentionlr latesitesaincsrei structurenf hestlma e. f Qm-Vpaner material; with-lartiunder stre ptaclehaving bottomlandevertical.sides and ends and :open at: theitepe. to; whichat:-the upper;edg e oiloneio'f thegsidesra cavenisihingedly onnected; The} cnest wmielie is. conveniently used forcarry-ing l-applesstherein separated-from each other within tthellblocki by suitable; Lclls provided by paper board partitions,--is no in u'se to. receivingeand :carrying-LanyLspe ic e or. rticles.

fislan Qb'J' ect and purposetot the presentin vention-to providea,- chest structure a A 'ate d;, whichisoi ample strength,- veny light-i and with-which ;a; n0ze1 ehingel strutur ibetween the cove: and ztheechest proper .may be; used, the hinges i alsoheing. of 1 paper;-st0fck andj1 c in a simple, novel. and practical rdan outtrivets 101: the useeoiianyi metal. The

S des oithe cover and theschest have twd v nesses oi the-papermaterialzfold efdl orfm' at such edges and in' :theefolded edges slots are-pro vided, which in theadjacent sides of the cover and chest, are. in.' conjuhction- 'w-ithflea 1i l-he. hinges at theirl-int'ermediate ipo A: throughthe slotsiandihaveileaf portions w eh are. held. between. the. two. thicknesses" of thehinged sides onthe; cover and aches Thehing'es are, connected without "the-' uSe 'o'f tools very quickly. and easily; An understanding oflthe invention may behad from the following description; take meannestion with the accompanying-draw answerer},- Fig. 1 is a plan viewbf 1a blank' -fro the lowerupart ofithe chest may be made; Fig. 2; is. a perspectiveilview-- illustrating the stepslof ioldingttheblank intoreceptaele' fofih;

Fig. 3 isia plan of aiblank wh-ieh m y in providing the co'ver', Fig. 4' is a perspective view-illustrating the;felding ofsthecovervtolfinishedconditio' W Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan of the-ht ge-used; and Fig; 6 .is a perspective View of th coinpleted chest with the cover h t-open position Like referenceehereeterstr iergte "like parts in the different figures otgthgdrawings." The-lower partmf the chestor the receptacle part thereof in which articles are placed may be made from a single sheet of corrugated paper board. By means of suitable dies the blank is cut in the form shown in Fig. 1 and scored for bending on the dash lines shown. A rectangular section I provides the bottom of the chest. At each longitudinal side edge two sections 2 and 3 extend outwardly having the same length as the ,Jr., Gran can Bo ti ted am nds; Mic Boa G sfie xten dwl w heir free e n l li e wi h esie ot h meme ut 9 9: s: f s edw nt h eeme n, "be'tysi n the endstotthe n ilrwh eh es i l w se t eee flees; u' iii d. l t th r m tlen s. ti he the "chest receptacle, are; inf

e eeesses ndfa bsi ife. heree t u-rned upwardly and the ideand t edseetien fil ndfittumed oxy le em neone eamelqc ine s i s l' QVe edf n a. elie jts e ntecle s e ae's'he'wnm Fig B Jha ingSm Qth inner siae; w, .t t Y. to "The cover-isais made from a single sheet of the. same; paper-material cut bydies to the form shown lung; The cover top is provided-by a refii ali vfidtset l elite. At eaehlendkaretwosuc- 'cesfiill'ee endzsections. I35; and: Ma integrally conthe with. uitable; bending lines ise pgi-jQyidfifi d Andfromeachend having a shallow elongated recess 18 cut lengthwise in its edge. The ends of the several sections I6 and H and Na are separated from the flaps l5 by slots i9. Integral with and extending outwardly from the sections I1 is a bottom section 20 of rectangular form, which at its free longi- 55 tudinal edge has a narrow elongated tongue 2i of substantially the same shape and dimensions as the elongated recess l 8. The scored or bending line between the sections 16 and Ila have two spaced slots 22 cut through the material and spaced from each other the same distances that the slots 4 are spaced.

As best shown in Fig. 4, the and sections 13 are turned upwardly and the; fiaps i5 inwardly toward each other, the outer end sections l 4 then turned downwardly, the section 16 and connected section Ila first turned in an upward direction and then the terminal section l'la turned downwardly as shown, and after the hinges have been located in place, the opposite side section I6 is turned upwardly at the outer sides of the adjacent flaps IS, the connected section I? turned downwardly at the inner sides thereof, with the slots therein, and fiat hinges of flexible material terminal section disposed horizontally against the bottom [2. The elongated narrow projection 2i enters the recess at i8 providing a lock against separation.

The hinges (Fig. 5), two of which are used, are made from a single fiat piece of the same or similar material. Each consists of two wings or leaves 23 paralleling each other and integrally connected with a bending line midway between their opposite longitudinal edges and each at each end has an outwardly projecting integral ear 24, the ears being separated by slots as shown. The ears 24 may be bent upon the trans verse bend scored or bending lines shown, so that either-side of the hinge may be inserted through a slot 4 or 22 to connect with the associated sides of the chest receptacle and its cover. Preferably the double thickness side of the cover with which the hinges are connected (Fi 4) will have staples passed therethrough and through the ends of the hinges located between the side sections I6 and Na. The use of the staples prevents any possibility of a separation of the two sections it; and 11a which provide the hinge connected side of the cover. The opposite parts of the hinges pass through the slots 4 and are located between the associated side sections 2 and 3 of the chest re cepta'cle, as shown in Fig. 6. The hinges are bendable on a line between the ends of slots 25 so that the cover may be moved to open or closed position.

The slots I in the outer end sections 5 may have bail-like handles 26 associated therewith as shown.

The chest structure described is very practical and useful, its weight is light and its strength is ample. The hinges are of a most economical form and are easily attached. In general, as indicated in Fig. 4, the hinges will first be connected with the cover and later to the lower box or receptacle portion of the chest, though this is not a feature of the invention and the hinges could be first connected to the box instead of the cover. In the practical embodying and building of the chests of the structure described, a very satisfactory product is produced.

The invention is defined in the appended claims and is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming within their scope.

each of substantially rectangular form slotted inwardly for a distance at each end, substantially midway between the side edges thereof to provide two leaves connected by a portion of reduced length, one of said hinges being connected at each of associated slots, one in the receptacle and the other in the cover, with one of the leaves of a hinge between the two thicknesses of material of said side of the receptacle and the other between the two thicknesses of material of said side of the cover, with the shorter length connecting portion between the leaves between said slots in'the side of the receptacle and cover.

2. A structure as defined in claim 1, each of said hinges in each leaf thereof being bendable in lines transverse of the leaves of the hinge located at the inner end of each end slot thereof, for the purposes described.

3. In a structure as described, a receptacle having bottom and vertical ends and sides of paper stock material, with a side thereof including two thicknesses of material one outer and the other inner integrally connected at the upper edge of said side, said upper edge of the side having elongated slot openings therethrough spaced from each other, a cover of paper stock material having a top and depending sides and ends at right angles thereto, with a side of two thicknesses of material, one outer and the other inner integrally connected at the lower edge of said side, provided with like slot openings spaced from each other a distance equal to the spacing of the openings in said side of the receptacle, and flexible fiat hinges, each of two leaves one se- :cured between the two thicknesses of said side of the cover at each slot opening thereof and the other between the two thicknesses of said side of the receptacle at the slot openings thereof in conjunction with the slot openings in the lower edge of the side of the cover, said leaves of the hinges being integrally connected by a connecting portion between the associated slots in the receptacle and cover sides.

4. A structure as defined in claim 3, each of the leaves of said hinges having a slot extending inwardly from each end substantially midway between the side edges thereof, the inner ends of said slots being spaced a distance from each other slightly less than the length of the slot openings in the said edges of said sides of the receptacle and cover.

5. A structure as defined in claim 4, each of said hinges being transversely bendable about lines across the hinges at the inner ends of the slots therein, for the purposes described.

WILBUR G. ANDERSON, JR. 

